title: FORMIN stable kinetochore-microtubule attachments.
abstract: Formins are well-known for promoting actin assembly, but they also play a lesser-studied role in microtubule stabilization. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Cheng et al. (2011) demonstrate that the formin homology protein mDia3 is regulated by Aurora B Kinase and contributes to the generation of kinetochore-microtubule attachments in mitosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA.
authors.forename: O'Neil
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wiggan
authors.forename: Jennifer G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: DeLuca